Cuff-button



(No Modl.)

J B. WILLIAMS.

CUFF BUTTON. No. 306,199. Patented Oct. 7 1884.

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JAMES P. \VILLIAMS, OF BOSTON, B'IASSACHUSETTS.

CUFF-BUTTON.

EBISGIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 306,199, dated Qctober 7, 188

Application filed February 23, 1893. (X0 model.)

To Lb whom it may concern/.-

".e it known that I, JAMES B. \VIL'LIAMS,

of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which t-hetollowingis adescription snfficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view representing niyimproved button in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cuff-button forming a part of this eu'ft holder. Fig. 3 is a pcrspeotive View of the clamp forming a part of this improved cult-holder. Fig. 4 is a detail of parts of the clamp and a perspective view of an ordinary wristband-stud. Fig. 5 shows the said cuff-button in side elevation.

Lik e letters of reference in dicate corresponding parts in the di'lt'erent figures of the drawings.

My invention relates, principally, to that class of cuff-buttons which are usually worn in detachable or false cuffs; and it consists in a button provided with a clamp or means for attaching the cuff to the wristband or wristband-stud of the shirt, the clamp being operated by the disk of the button or button proper, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more desirable article of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

lhe nature and operation of the improvement will be "readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, A represents the disk or body of the button proper, and B its shank. he shank is spirally grooved, as seen at a, the body of the shank being cut away, as shown at (Z, to form a square shoulder, which extends circum ferentiall y about one-half way around the shank and atright angles to the central axial line of the same.

In Fig. 3 a clamp is represented, consisting of two flattened levers, O D, loosely jointed at m, and provided with the holes ff in their short arms, the lever D being nearly straight, and O bent, as shown. Thejoint m of the levers is formed by cutting a lateral slot, 0, in the lever D, and a corresponding slot, 71, in the lever C, out on the side opposite to that in D, each of the levers being respectively in serted in the slot of the other, and the two held together by the pointt' on the side of the lever 0, this point being formed after the levers are coupled byhammering or setting downthe edge of the lever G, which is made slightly wider than D at thejoint for that purpose. The

shank B passes through a hole, f, in the short arm of the lever (1, its neck or being secured in a hole, f, in the short arm of the lever D by means of the cap 9, in such a manner as to permit the shank to be readily turned in either direction by the disk A without withdrawing the neck from its hole. A finger or stud, 1", projects into the hole f and works in the groove a when the button is attached to the clamp, as described.

In the use of my improvement the clamp is passed through the button-hole of the cuff, as shown in Fig. 1, and its long arms slipped over the wristband of the shirt. The disk Ais then turned to the right, causing the short arms of the levers to be brought together and the long arms to grasp the wristband and secure the cuff to the sleeve of the shirt inamanner which will be readily obvious without a more explicit description.

In the formation of the clamp the short arms of tho levers are bent outwardly or separated, so that the long arms grasp the wristband firmly before the stud 1- reaches the shoulder 11, and as the button is turned the short arms yield or spring snfliciently to enable the stud to pass under the shoulder and thereby lock the parts together.

The lever O is provided with a short bend or depression, a, to receive the hem of the wristband.

To enable the button to be secured to the 9 In attaching the cuff by means of the hole and slot the button A is turned to open the long arms of the levers to their fullest extent. The slotted end tis then passed over or astride the neck of the ordinary wristband-stud, G, after which the disk A is turned to cause the long arms of the clamp to close and the head 12 of the stud to pass up through the hole p. the neck of the stud being in the hole 1), and the slot t narrower than the. width of the head 1:, it will be obvious that the clamp cannot be detached from the stud without turning back the disk and opening the jaws of the clamp,

' thereby preventing the clamp from being with drawn from the stud.

I do not, however, confine myself strictly to the means shown for opening and closing the-clamp, as this may be accomplished by other means than described, if desired; but I deem it essential, in order to attain the best results, that the outer end of the clamp should be connected with the button proper or some partthereof in attaching the cuff to the sleeve. Neither do I confine myself to using the hole 2 5 p and slot t, as these may be omitted without departing entirely from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a device for attaching a false cuff to a sleeve, the combination of two jointed clamping levers adapted to grasp the end of the sleeve and a cuff-button provided with means,

substantially as described, whereby it is adapted to actuate said levers, substantially as set forth.

2. In a device for attaching a false cuff to a sleeve, the jointed levers D 0, provided with the holesf f and stud 1', and the disk A, having the shank 13, provided with the spiral groove a, combined and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

8. In a device for attaching a false cuff to a sleeve,'the lever 0, provided with the slot t, and the lever D, provided with the hole 1), in

.combination with mechanism, substantially as described, for opening and closing the levers, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device for attaching a false cuff to a sleeve, the lever I), provided with the slot 6, and the lever (1, provided with the slot 71, the levers being held together by the point i, substantially as described.

5. The improved cuff-button described, the same consisting of the lever 0, provided with the slot t, bend a, holef, and stud r, the lever D, provided-with the holes 1) f, and the disk A, having the shank B, provided with the groove a, shoulder (l, and neck 07, constructed, combined, and arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

JAMES B. XVILLIAMS. XVitnesses:

O. A. SHAW,

L. J. WHITE. 

